Lip stick



Feb. 20, 1934. I A. REUTTER 1,947,738

,L IP STICK Filed NO v. 14, 1931 Patented Feb. 20, 1934 LIP STICK Philip A. Rcutter, Waterbury, Conn., signor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Water bury.

Conn., a corporation of Connecticut Application November 14, 1931 serial No. 574,942

This invention relates to certain improvements in the small metal containers for holding cosmetics and now commonly known as lipsticks or paste holders. Y

In this class of containers it' is very important that the parts may be cheaply made, and easily and quickly assembled. It is further important that the completed article be of attractive appearance, and so constructed that the paste stick may be protruded from and retracted into the container, the mechanism for eiecting this being of simple form and easily operable by the user.

It is an especial object of the present invention to provide a container of simple form and few parts, cheap to make and assemble, and of attractive appearance.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an improved stick of lip paste or like plastic cosmetic which may be used in this novel container, so that it may be retracted and protruded Withoutinjury to the stick.

With these and other objects not specically referred to, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawing andthe novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed'.

Figure 1 is a side view of the container with the parts in closed position;

Figure 2 is a partly sectional, partly broken away view of the various parts of the container shown disassembled;

Figure 3 isa central sectional view of the container shown in Figure1;

Figure 4 is a sectional view of the paste holding cup, the section being taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is a detail sectional view, being taken on line 5-5 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawing, the container selected to illustrate the invention is one in which the parts are made of light metal so that they can be readily and cheaply formed, and the container shown is triangular in cross section. It will be understood, however, that the invention is not to be limited to this particular type of container ortoametal container, but that the invention may be embodied in containers of various forms and of materials suitable for thel purpose. As shown, however, the container includes an inner casing 1, open at one end, as indicated at 2, and having a. bottom 3. This casing 1 has centrally located therein a spiral or screw shaped propelling memthe section (Cl. 20G-58) ber 4, made of flat stock simply by twisting the metal of the stock, this screw propeller having a flattened outer end 5. l

The propeller screw is held in place in any suitable manner and is provided with means for o0 rotating it. As shown, the propeller or screw is provided with a pair of projections or wings 6,

7, and beyond the wings extends through an aperture in the bottom 3 of the casing, and is formed with a head 8 engaging in a recess 9 of a rotary 65 member 10, so that as the rotary member 10 is turned the propeller screw is likewise given a rotary movement. Where the container is triangular in shape, asv shown, this rotary member, as shown in Figure l5, is likewise triangular, but is made of a slightly larger size than the outer walls of the casing 1, as indicated at 11 in Figure 2, for purposes hereinafter referred to.

Enclosed within the casing is a stick holding cup 1,2, which isv triangular, as shown in Figure 4, where the container has a triangular shape. This paste holding cup has a bottom 12 provided with an opening 13 to receive the propeller screw 4. before referred to, and this cup is propelled forward and backward by the rotary movement of 30 the screw. While the connections between the screw and the cup may be of various characters to permit this movement, in the particular construction shown the hole 13 in the cup is relied on for this purpose and, as illustrated, this hole g5 is formed with centrally converging side walls, as indicated at 14, so as to give in eiect a butterfly shape. The flattened end 5 of the screw may be readily passedv through the hole 13, but upon rotation of the screw the screw engages the side walls 14 and eilects a traveling movement of the cup. The parts are or may be enclosed by an outer casing 15, which extends downwardly and encloses the inner casing 1, as clearly shown in Figure 3. The edges of the inner end of the casing 15 and the edges of the rotary member 10 are slightly rounded, to leave a slight gap 16, to enable the inner casing to form a nger grip, whereby the outer casing may be removed from the inner casing and its associated parts, when it is desired to use the holder.`

In accordance with the invention, it will be seen that this construction is of few parts, andl can be readily and cheaply made and quickly assembled, the propelling mechanism simply consisting of the screw, made' of Viat metal, and the revolving head. Where, however, a' screw type of propeller is employed for protruding and retracting the stick of paste material, it is desirable that this material be so carried in the holder v that it will not be engaged by the propelling parts,

-the screw propeller 4, so that the screw propeller,

upon rotation, does not come in contact with the paste. It will be seen therefore that the stick may be protruded and withdrawn from the casing 1, after the cover 15 has been removed therefrom, without the stick coming in contact with any of the propelling parts of the mechanism.

Thus a cheap screw threaded propeller may be used without in any way injuring or deforming the stick of` paste material.

It will be understood that while the invention has been described as a container for lip paste, other plastic cosmetic substances, such as shaving sticks or the like, may be used with this container.

It will be seen with the construction shown and described that a very simple and efficient holder has been provided in which the stick can be protruded and retracted as desired without injury to the stick, and a stick and container have been provided which may be readily and quickly made and assembled.

While the construction selected to illustrate the invention is a preferred one, it will be understood that various changes may be made in the configuration of the container and in the form and arrangement of the parts without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A holder for a stick of cosmetic material comprising a shell, a stick-receiving cup slidable in said shell but held against rotation with respect thereto, said cup having a centrally positioned elongated slot, and means for advancing and retracting said cup including a turn-button rotatably mounted on the rear endof the shell so as to be held against movement longitudinally thereof. and a twisted flat strip secured at its rear end to said tum-button and passing through said slot.

2. A holder for a stick of cosmetic material comprising ashell, a stick-receiving cup longitudinally movable in the shell and having an elongated opening in its lower end, a twisted flat strip extending through said opening for pro pelling said cup, and an operating head connected with one end of said propelling strip for rotating the same.

3. A holder for a stick of cosmetic material comprising a shell, a stick-receiving cup longitudinally movable in the shell and having an elongated opening in its lower end, a twisted iiat strip extending through said opening for propelling said cup, and an operating head connected with one end of said propelling strip for rotating the same, the other end of said strip being fiat and untwisted.

PHILIP A. REUTTER. 

